I want to encourage parents, Sunday school teachers, and pastors not to teach kids—or even adults—Bible “stories.” Now, what do I mean by this?

Well, in our culture, the word story usually carries the idea of “fairy tale.” When we teach stories from the Bible, we can mistakenly give people, especially children, the impression that it’s just a book of made-up stories.

We need to teach people that God’s Word is a book of real history! Our faith isn’t based on made-up stories from a long time ago but on a real God who acts in real history. Instead of teaching Bible stories, teach the Bible as history.